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The heart and other monsters : a memoir

The heart and other monsters : a memoir

Book 2020

"A riveting, deeply personal exploration of the opioid crisis - an empathic memoir infused with hints of true crime. In November 2013, Rose Andersen's younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in the state. Like too many of her generation, she had become addicted to heroin. Sarah was 24 years old. To imagine her way into Sarah's life and her choices...